Smiling Hara Tempeh’s Kickstarter 125% Funded
Smiling Hara Tempeh recently raised $25,000 on Kickstarter to bring HEMPEH to market, establishing a new food product category. HEMPEH is the world's first organic, soy-free and naturally vegan tempeh made with hemp seeds. Learn more about Smiling Hara Tempeh on...
Theraworx Raises $3.4 Million, Lands VA Distribution Contract
Coming on the heels of raising $3.4 million in investment, Asheville-based Avadim Technologies has landed a contract to supply its patented Theraworx skin product to medical facilities run by the Veteran's Administration and Department of Defense. Theraworx is...
Accelerating Appalachia now Accepting 2015 Applications
The world's first nature-based accelerator is now accepting applications for its second class of startups. Building on the success of businesses like Riverbend Malt House, Carolina Ground, and BelloLea that graduated from its first 12-week accelerator program,...
Chris Cashwell, Software Engineer
When Alibaba.com hires you to consult with its senior management on Bitcoin, you’re pretty much an elite expert on Internet payment systems. That’s but one hat Chris Cashwell wears as a software engineer, advisor, and now founder of soon-to-launch Renty, an online...
Meet Solarnomics, formerly Ball’s Machine & Manufacturing
Adapting to 21st century trends is crucial for business. Ball’s Machine and Manufacturing took that lesson to heart. The former equipment and machinery repair company established in 1976 has reinvented itself as Solarnomics, reconfiguring its in-house expertise and...
AdvantageWest to Launch ScaleUp WNC
Businesses with strong potential for growth and job creation may be eligible for ScaleUP WNC, an initiative to provide intensive growth strategy development and implementation assistance to 150 local, high-growth entrepreneurs over the next five years. Applications...
Asheville Shapes U.S. Climate Resilience Toolbox
Asheville climate partners have been busy working on the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit launched yesterday by the White House. It offers best practices to help communities prepare for and boost their resilience to the impacts of climate change. The toolkit was a...
Darren Dahl, Entrepreneurial Writer
Darren Dahl loves telling stories about entrepreneurs who turn life’s barriers into opportunities and world-changing outcomes. As a contributing editor at Inc. Magazine since 2007 and frequent contributor to The New York Times (and numerous other national media...
Asheville firm part of largest tech deal in WNC history
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported on a historic deal this week: The $65-million acquisition of downtown-based DoctorDirectory by Everyday Health of New York on Nov. 12 is believed to be the largest tech-company transaction of its kind in Western North Carolina...
Web Developer, The Cheat Sheet
Love Technology and Code? We’re looking for you! The Cheat Sheet, a Quantcast Top 125 website, is looking for a full-time Web Developer to join our team! Busy news consumers in our increasingly mobile world come to The Cheat Sheet for its succinct, value-added...
Jeremiah Smith, Tech Sales
It requires unique skills to lead sales teams for tech companies. Maintaining motivation and morale is a given. Presenting tech-laden value propositions in clear, concise, and compelling terms is crucial. Asheville-based Jeremiah Smith has led sales teams for...
Mobile entrepreneurs driven to succeed in Asheville
Excerpt from the Asheville Citizen-Times: Unlike their brick-and-mortar counterparts, mobile businesses can change their fortune by revving the engine and driving where business is good. But getting the mobile business rolling has proved more difficult than pressing...
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